The President of the Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon, The Very Rev. Prof. J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu has charged church leaders to take up the fight against the activities of ‘galamsey’.
He was speaking in an interview on Joy FM’s Christian talk show, A Walk With Jesus, over the weekend, during which he outlined the relationship between humanity, the environment and God.
He explained that, "When the scriptures mention that God gave humanity dominion over the earth, what it simply means is that God has asked humanity to take care of the environment."
When asked why, in Ghana, instead of caring for the environment, the opposite is more common, with 'galamsey' being the most prominent example, and all efforts to stop it having failed, he explained that, "The fight against the menace has become difficult because, the people who are involved in it do so as a result of greed, covetousness, and lack of respect for the environment."
He went on to state that, "Political leaders on both political divides are to blame, Their campaign promise to voters that, when they come to power, they will help them to do proper 'galamsey' is out of place, insisting that, there is nothing like proper 'galamsey' anywhere in the world and that politicians should stop singing that song so the fight can be won."
His called for the church to step in as a result of God's expectation of us to be stewards and admonished the church to mainstream the care of the environment through its messages.
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